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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SESS . II. CHs. 24, 25. 1930 . January 23, 1930 .

CHAP. 2 4 .-An Act Authoriz ing an ap propriati on for i mprovemen ts upon [s .1784 .] - the Government-owned land at Wakefield, Westmoreland County, Virginia, the [Public, No. 34.] birthplace of George Washington . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Washington's Birth- place . United States o f America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby im prm auh n ofd fat authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not Wakefield, Va.

otherwise appropriated, the sum of $65,000, which shall be used Post, pp . 106, 878 . and expended as follows : The sum of $15,000 shall be used in moving Mon umen t to be re- the monument erected by the United States and now located upon moved to another site . the plot of ground owned by the United States at Wakefield, West- moreland County, Virginia, to another site on said plot of ground; and the sum of $50,000 shall be paid to the Wakefield National Me- morial Association of Washington, District of Columbia, a corpora- Replica

tion creat ed by and ex isting under the la ws of the St ate of Virgi nia of original building to be erected for use by the said association (a) in erecting on the Government- byMemorial emorial Asso- owned land at Wakefield, Westmoreland County, Virginia, the build- Vol . 44, p. 699. ing permitted by Act of Congress entitled "An Act granting the con- sent of Congress to the Wakefield National Memorial Association to build upon Government-owned lan d at Wakefield, West moreland County, Virginia, a replica of the house in which George Washington was born, and for other purposes," approved June 7, 1926; (b) in restoring and improving the gardens and grounds at Wakefield, Westmoreland County, Virginia; and (c) in erecting such other Approval of plans, buildings as shall be deemed necessary : Provided, That the plans for etc . all said buildings and gardens to be constructed or restored hereunder and the location of said monument shall be subject to the approval of the Fine Arts Commission and the Secretary of the Interior, and Conveyance of com- the expend iture of sai d fund s shal l be su bject to the prior appro val pleted building, etc., of the Secretary of the Interior : Provided further, That said build- to the united states . ing and all lands owned by the Wakefield National Memorial Associ- ation shall on completion of the restoration be conveyed to the United States as a gift for administration, protection, and mainte- George Wa shington nance as hereinafter provided . Birthplac e National SEc. 2 . That the said premises and all structures thereon shall con- Monument estab- sti tute the Ge orge Was hing ton Birt hpl ace Nati onal Mon ume nt a t Wakefield, Virginia, which is hereby established and set apart for the p reserv ation of the histo rical associa tions connec ted th erewit h, Administration . for the benefit and enjoyment of the people, and the said national monument shall be hereafter administered by the National Park Servi ce und er the direc tion of the Secreta ry of the In terior subje ct Vol. 39, p. 535 .

to the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (Thirty-ninth Stat- utes, page 535), as amended . pealed .

laws re- SEC. 3. All Acts or parts of Acts inco nsistent with the provisio ns of this Act are repealed to the extent of such inconsistency . Approved, January 23, 1930 . January 23, 1930 . [s . 1752.] CHAP . 25 .-An Act To grant extensions of time o n oi l and gas prospecting [Public, No . 35 .]

permits . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Oilb and gas perm it- United States of America in Congress assembled, That any oil or time for drillingferther gas prospecting permit issued under the Act of February 25, 1920 Vol. 41, p .437; Vol. (Forty-first Statutes, page 437), or extended under the Act of Q Vol. 45, p.1252.' p January 11, 1922 (Forty-second Statutes, page 356), or as further exte nded under the Acts of A pril 5, 1 926 ( Forty -fou rth S tatut es, page 236), and March 9, 1928 (Forty-fifth Statutes, page 252), may be extended by the Secretary of the Interior for an additional period of three years in his discretion on such conditions as he may prescribe .